The Federation of Farmers’ Associations of Karnataka, led by Kurubur Shanthakumar, has opposed any move to withdraw the anti-cattle slaughter law prevailing in the State.
Briefing reporters after launching a campaign to save cows in Mysuru on Tuesday, Mr. Shanthakumar took serious exception to Minister for Animal Husbandry and Sericulture K. Venkatesh’s statement raising questions over the absence of provision for slaughter of aged cows when such a permission existed for buffaloes aged above 13 years.
Mr. Shanthakumar said cows were an integral part of a farmers’ life and they were revered by the farmers of the country for ages. The country’s culture does not permit the slaughter of cows, he said.
